In a state where so many rural communities are struggling to hold on, tribal leadership doesn't just help Indian Country. It ...

Hanging on the wall was a prize possession, which he bought at auction a few years ago: a map of tribal territory from 1906, the year before Oklahoma became a state, showing the Cherokee Nation ...

Tribal lands in Oklahoma are 5 times more likely to flood than rest of state When Indigenous peoples were forced off their lands, they were boxed into flood-prone areas.

Dozens of tribal leaders, including representatives from the Cherokee and Muscogee nations, testified during a congressional budget hearing Tuesday. Oklahoma tribes need more money for policing ...

Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of ...

A lot of revenue between tribes and the state of Oklahoma is due to compacts. Oklahoma lawmakers and tribes have maintained compacts for decades now. However, disputes about the compacts have ...

Oklahoma lawmakers aren’t planning to look into Gov. Kevin Stitt’s concerns about policing on tribal reservations this fall. The governor’s recent reservation public safety task force ...

While many across the country recognize Juneteenth as the end to the institution of slavery in America in 1865, some tribal nations in Oklahoma continued to own slaves until the following year, 1866 ...